Patents by Inventor Gary J. BAKKEN

Gary J. BAKKEN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • METHOD OF INSTALLING CUTTERS ON A DRILL BIT
    Publication number: 20230265717
    Abstract: Cutting elements are installed on the outer surface of a drill bit body such that the surface profile supports the plurality of cutting elements in a desired orientation. Each cutting element has a substrate with a rear end, a leading end that carries a cutting portion, and a cylindrical surface therebetween. The cutting elements are installed within a cavity on the drill bit body such that a portion of the substrate is exposed and the leading end leads the cutting element in a direction of rotation of the drill bit body. The cutting elements are bound on the outer surface by applying a composite to the outer surface and to the portion of the substrate that is exposed. The composite is a mixture of a matrix and cutting fragments and is in direct contact with about 40-75%% of the surface area of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Gary J. BAKKEN, Mike ZULAK
  • Method of bonding poly-crystalline diamonds to wear surfaces
    Patent number: 8657183
    Abstract: A method of bonding poly-crystalline diamonds to a wear surface, using commercially available poly-crystalline diamond cutters having poly-crystalline diamond buttons bonded to a carbide core. The poly-crystalline diamond cutters are cooled with cryogenic liquid. The poly-crystalline diamond cutters are crushed to form poly-crystalline diamond cutter fragments, with each of the fragments having a poly-crystalline diamond button fragment still bonded to a carbide core fragment. The carbide core fragment is then bonded onto the wear surface, such that the wear surface includes poly-crystalline diamond buttons fragments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Inventors: Gary J. Bakken, Mike Zulak
  • METHOD OF BONDING POLY-CHRYSTALLINE DIAMONDS TO WEAR SURFACES
    Publication number: 20110271604
    Abstract: A method of bonding poly-crystalline diamonds to a wear surface, using commercially available poly-crystalline diamond cutters having poly-crystalline diamond buttons bonded to a carbide core. The poly-crystalline diamond cutters are cooled with cryogenic liquid. The poly-crystalline diamond cutters are crushed to form poly-crystalline diamond cutter fragments, with each of the fragments having a poly-crystalline diamond button fragment still bonded to a carbide core fragment. The carbide core fragment is then bonded onto the wear surface, such that the wear surface includes poly-crystalline diamond buttons fragments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Inventors: Gary J. BAKKEN, Mike ZULAK